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CHEMISTRY & CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
Vol. 9, No. 1, 2015
Chemistry
Esen Arkis, Hayrullah Cetinkaya, Isil Kurtulus, Utku Ulucan, Arda Aytac,
Beste Balci, Funda Colak, Ece Germen, Gulistan Kutluay, Begum Dilhan
and Devrim Balkose
CHARACTERIZATION OF A PEARLESCENT BIAXIALLY ORIENTED
MULTILAYER POLYPROPYLENE FILM
Izmir Institute of Technology,
Gulbahce Urla 35430, Urla Izmir, Turkey; devrimbalkose@gmail.com
Received: September 09, 2014 / Revised: September 23, 2014 / Accepted: November 03, 2014
 Arkis E., Cetinkaya H., Kurtulus I., Ulucan U., Aytac A., Balci B., Colak F., Germen E., Kutluay G., Dilhan B., Balkose D.,
2015
Abstract. The morphology, composition, optical, thermal
and mechanical properties of a commercial pearlescent
and multilayer biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP)
films were determined. The structure and orientation of
BOPP films were confirmed by FTIR spectroscopy, X-ray
diffraction and EDX analysis. The films surface
roughness was determined by AFM method. The tensile
strength of the films was determined in machine and
transverse directions.
Keywords: pearlescent film, biaxially oriented polypropylene, X-ray diffraction, AFM, tensile strength.
1. Introduction
Polypropylene (PP) is one of the most preferred
polymer in food packing, protective coating and printing
applications with its high stiffness, high temperature
resistance, good chemical resistance, lower moisture
transmission rate and high mechanical stress properties
[1-4]. The polypropylene film that is stretched in both
machine direction (MD) and across machine (transverse)
direction to improve mechanical properties is called
biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP). BOPP is widely
used in packaging and in a variety of other applications
due to their great potential in terms of barrier properties,
brilliance, dimensional stability and processability [2].
Different fillers such as talc and calcium carbonate and
pigments may be added to BOPP films in order to
improve its optical properties and provide a pearly
aesthetic look [5, 6]. Thus flexible packaging companies
are willing to use pearl films for their inexpensive prices,
good decoration, and excellent performance. Generally,
because they have a certain pearl effect, they are often
used in cold drink packaging such as: ice cream, heat seal
label, sweet food, biscuits, and local flavor snack
packaging [1].
Mineral particles, such as calcium carbonate and
talc powders, are widely used in biaxially oriented films,
which are also called cavitated and pearlized structures.
Pearled film is based on the orientation process, where the
interface around the particles is stretched forming small
cavities in the polymer structure. The foam extent of the
film is low but the film becomes highly opaque because of
inter scratches [4, 7, 8]. Pearl film is a kind of BOPP film
by adding pearl pigments into plastic particles and through
biaxial stretch heat setting. A typical pearl film is BOPP
pearl film produced by A/B/A layer co-extruded biaxial
stretch [9]. Three layer films are coextruded, where the
surface is optimized in order to attain good printability. In
fact, the more pigment is in the system, the more light is
scattered outward, making the system appear opaque and
white [10]. Calcium carbonate particles having 0.7–3 µm
size are often used in producing microporous films [11].
The surface morphology of BOPP film could be
investigated by an atomic force microscopy. The polymer
film is characterized by a nanometer-scale, fiber-like
network structure, which reflects the drawing process used
during the fabrication of the film. The residual effects of
the first stretching of the film surface can provide
information on the way in which morphological
development of BOPP occurs [12, 13].
The aim of the present study is characterization of a
commercial pearlescent BOPP film by advanced
analytical techniques. The functional groups, crystal structure, morphology, surface roughness, light transmission
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and reflection, melting and thermal degradation of the
film and mechanical properties were investigated.
2. Experimental
2.1. Materials
The pearlescent films that were kindly supplied by
BAK Ambalaj Turkey were produced at their plant in
Izmir. They were kindly supplied in form of A4 sized
sheets with 30 µm thickness.
2.2. Methods
The functional groups in the pearlescent film were
determined by the infrared spectroscopy. IRPrestige-21
FT-IR 8400S by Shimadzu was used to obtain FTIR
spectrum of the film by transmission technique. DRIFT
FTIR spectra of both surfaces of the film were obtained in
Digilab Excalibur FTIR spectrophotometer using Harricks
Praying Mantis attachment.
Crystal structre of the films were determined by Xray diffraction using Phillips X’Pert Pro diffractometer
system . Cu Kα radiation was used and a scan rate of
2oθ/min was applied.
SEM micrographs of upper and lower surfaces and
cross section of gold coated Pearlescent BOPP films taken
by FEI Quanta 250 FEG type scanning electron
microscope. Chemical composition of the film surface
was determined by EDX analysis using the same
instrument.
AFM (Nanoscope IV) and silicon tip were used to
obtain surface morphology and roughness of the film.
1 Ohm Silicon tip has a coating: front side – none; back side
– 50 ± 10 nm Al. Cantilever properties are: T 3.6–5.6 µm,
L 140–180 µm, k 12–103 N/m, fo 330–359 kHz,
W 48–52 µm. To achieve surface properties of the
pearlescent BOPP film, it was cut in 1x1 cm size, then it
was put in the sample holder in AFM. USRS 99-010,
AS 01158–060 serial no OD57C-3930 standard was used
in a reflection mode. For the reflection spectrum, a black
CD was placed at the back of the film.
The film was thermally treated under pressure to
eliminate its pores. Thus the transparency of the perlescent
film and heat treated film were tested. The pearlescent
film thickness was reduced from 30 to nearly 23 µm by a
compression molding machine (Shinto) in two stages.
Film is was preheated in the hot press for 3 min without
pressure, then heated for 3 min at 5.88 MPa. After this
stage, the film was placed in a cold press for 3 min at
14.7 MPa. The light transmission from the films was
tested by covering the surface of a paper with our
Institute’s logo.
The stress strain diagrams of the film in machine
direction and transverse direction were obtained with
Texture Analyser TA-XT2 (Stable microsystem,
Godalming, UK) having Exponent stable Micro Sytem
software. The test is done in ASTM D882. The strips with
5 mm width and 10 mm length were strained with
5 mm/min rate.
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. FTIR Spectroscopy
Fig. 1a shows the pearlescent BOPP film FTIR
spectrum taken by the transmission method. The peaks
between 2950 and 2800 cm-1 correspond to various
aliphatic CH stretching modes. The peaks near 1450 cm-1
and 1380 cm-1 are CH2 and CH3 deformation bands,
respectively [14]. The other peaks below 1400 cm-1 are the
well-known “fingerprint” of isotactic PP. The peak at
around 1500 cm-1 of the pearlescent BOPP film is wide
which is caused by the existence of calcite. The reason of
the increase of the peaks around this region is calcite. The
bands at ~1420, ~874 and ~712 cm-1 could be attributed to
vibrations of CO3 group of calcite [15].
Fig. 1. Transmission FTIR spectrum (a) and DRIFT FTIR
spectra (b) of front (dotted line) and back (continuous line)
surfaces of the pearlescent BOPP film
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Fig. 2. X-ray diffraction diagram of the film in 5–35o
2 theta range
DRIFT FTIR spectra of both surfaces of the film
are seen in Fig. 1b. The peak around 3000 cm-1 for back
surface is similar to the previous result but for the front
surface, the peak is very small. The spectra of the surfaces
of the pearlescent film were very different from the
transmission spectrum, indicating they were made out of
different polymers. PVdC and acrylic coatings were used
for making the pearlescent film heat sealable and printable. However without further characterizations it was
not possible to identify the polymer surfaces of the film.
Fig. 3. X-ray diffraction diagram
of the film in 35–65o 2 theta range
There were holes having very high aspect ratio created by
0.8–3 µm sized particles and the orientation process. The
dimensions of the pores in machine direction are of
16.4 ± 6.2 µm length and of 0.7 ± 0.3 µm width, in
transverse direction they are of 9.14 ± 3.99 µm length and
of 0.47 ± 0.5 µm width. Mean aspect ratios (length/width)
of pores observed in Figs. 4a and 4b are 23 and 19,
respectively.
3.2. X-ray Diffraction
In Fig. 2 X-ray diffraction diagram of the film in 5–
35o 2 theta range is seen. The maximum reflection points
of biaxially oriented isotactic polypropylene were
observed at 14.2° (110); 17° (040); 18.85° (130); (111)
21.4°; (-131) 21.8° 2 theta values (Fig. 2) [16].
The sharp peak at 29.4o 2 theta value can be
attributed to 104 planes of calcite. X-ray diffraction
diagram of the film in 35–65o 2 theta values is seen in Fig.
3. Observed peaks at 36.03, 39.4, 43.2, 47.2, 47.4, 47.6
and 48.5o 2 theta values are very close to peaks of calcite
reported in JCPDS Card Index File, Card 5-5868 [17],
which two theta values are of 36.03, 39.4, 43.2, 47.2, 47.5
and 48.6. Thus the presence of calcite was also confirmed
by X-ray diffraction.
3.3. SEM and EDX
The SEM micrographs of the cross sections of the
film in machine and transverse direction are seen in Fig. 4.
The film has three-layered structure. The top and bottom
surface layers which had thickness of 4 µm do not have
any solid particles. FTIR analysis had indicated that the
two surfaces were made out of two different polymers
other than the core layer. SEM micrographs of the
surfaces indicated that they were very smooth. The core
layer with 22 µm thickness had a stratified structure.
a)
b)
Fig. 4. SEM micrographs of the cross-sections
of the film in machine (a) and transverse direction (b)
The EDX analysis of the surface of the filler
particles indicated that they consisted of Ca, C and O
elements. They had a composition similar to CaCO3
which had 40 % Ca, 12 % C and 48 % O. EDX analysis of
the particles showed that the particles had
42.8 ± 1.6 % Ca, 22.3 ± 3.73 % C and 34.9 ± 5.2 % O.
The particles were calcite and they were coated by a
compound which was rich in C.
3.4. AFM study
Typical images of the surface of the pearlescent
film in two and three dimensions are seen in Fig. 5. The
surface consists of spherical particles. No network
structure was observed as indicated by previous studies
for 8:1 draw ratio, indicating the draw ratio of the
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pearlescent film in machine and transverse direction were
close to each other. The surface roughness of the films
were determined in three different regions and reported in
Table 1. The rootmean square roughness (Rms) was
between 3.052 and 11.261 nm and the average roughness
(Ra) was in the range of 2.330–7.326 nm. This low
roughness values indicated that the surface of the
pearlescent films was very smooth.
a)
previous investigators [18]. The melting temperature
shifts to higher temperatures as the rate of heating was
increased. Table 2 shows enthalpy of melting, melting
temperature and crystallinity determined at different rates
of heating of the film.
The degree of crystallinity (Xc) of the samples from
DSC melting peaks were determined using Eq. (1).
∆H m
(1)
X c (%) =
⋅ 100
w∆H 0f
where ∆Hm is the melting enthalpy of the samples, J/g;
∆H0f is the heat of PP fusion at 100 % crystallinity,
corresponding to 207 J/g [18].
The crystallinity of the film also increases with the
rate of heating. ∆Hm was calculated from the areas of the
melting peaks for different heating rates in Fig. 6. The
Thompson-Gibbs equation predicts a linear relationship
between Tm and the reciprocal of crystal thickness.
Tm = Tm0 (1 −
b)
Fig. 5. AFM micrographs of the surface of the pearlescent films:
two dimensional image (a) and three-dimensional image (b).
Vertical scale 60 nm/div, horizontal scale 1µm/div
3.5. DSC Analysis
DSC analysis was used to determine the melting
point, melting heat and crystallinity, the crystallite size
and activation energy of the melting process. The DSC
curves of the sample heated at different rates are seen in
Fig. 6. A shoulder corresponding to the melting of small
crystallites was observed at all heating rates. This shoulder
was also observed for biaxial oriented polypropylene by
2σ
)
Lc ρ c ∆H 0f
(2)
where σ is the fold surface free energy, Tm0 is the
equilibrium melting temperature, ρc is the crystal phase
density of PP, ∆H0f is the heat of the fusion of PP at
100 % crystallinity, corresponding to 207 J/g [19], and Lc
is the thickness of the lamellar crystals.
Tm0 is 459.1 K [20], ρc is 946 kg/m3 [21] and σ is
30.1 mN/m [22]. The crystal thickness values determined
by using the melting temperature for different heating
rates are reported in Table 2. They were within the range
of 6.1–6.5 nm.
Table 1
Image statistics of pearlescent BOPP films at three different regions
Scan size, µm x µm
5x5
5x5
1x1
Z range, nm
38.155
113.93
21.031
Raw mean, nm
25.591
53.191
-37.563
Rms (Rq), nm
4.861
11.261
3.052
Ra, nm
3.821
7.326
2.330
Srf. area, µm²
25.057
25.121
1.003
Table 2
Enthalpy of melting, melting temperature and crystallinity determined by DSC
Heating rate, K/min
ΔHm, J/g
Tm, K
Crystallinity, %
Lc, nm
5
87.63
435.9
48
6.1
10
93.75
436.6
51
6.3
15
129.07
437.2
60
6.5
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273
298
348
398
448
473
673
873
T, K
T, K
1073
1273
Fig. 6. DSC curves of the film at: 5 K/min (1); 10 K/min (2)
and 15 K/min (3) heating rates
Fig. 7. TG curves of the film at: 5 K/min (1); 10 K/min (2)
and 15 K/min (3) heating rates
3.6. TG Analysis
CO2 from CaCO3. From the mass loss of the second step
of the degradation curve it was found that the film
contained 11.2 % CaCO3.
In this study decomposition activation energy was
determined by using Flynn and Wall equation. Flynn and
Wall derived a convenient method to determine the
activation energy from weight loss curves measured at
several heating rates. The following relationship is used to
calculate the activation energy [23].
Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) method was
also employed to understand a thermal degradation
behavior of the BOPP film. Typical weight loss (TGA)
curves of BOPP film at heating rate of 5, 10 and 15 K/min
under nitrogen is seen in Fig. 7. It is observed that the
thermal degradation process of the BOPP film proceeds in
two stages. The first stage corresponds to the degradation
of polymer. The second stage is related to the
decomposition of calcium carbonate. The degradation of
the BOPP film started at 508, 531 and 538 K at heating
rate of 5, 10 and 15 K/min, respectively. The maximum
rate of BOPP film degradation was 631, 677.6 and 685 K
at heating rate of 5, 10 and 15 K/min, respectively. The
second step of the mass loss observed in Fig. 7 was for the
decomposition of calcite. Fig. 7 displays that the
degradation of the calcium carbonate started at 921, 943
and 948 K at heating rate of 5, 10 and 15 K/min and its
rate was maximum at 963, 994.5 and 987.7 K at heating
rate of 5, 10 and 15 K/min, respectively.
The second stage of the mass loss belongs to
decomposition of calcium carbonate. The calcium carbonate decomposes to calcium oxide and carbon dioxide:
CaCO3(s) → CaO(s) + CO2 (g)
(3)
If one mole of calcium carbonate decomposes, one
mole of calcium oxide and one mole of carbon dioxide
would form. Thus the second step is for the evolution of
E=
−R
(4)


 d log( β ) 

b
 d 1  
  T  
where E – activation energy, J/mol; R – gas constant
(8.314 J/mol K) and b – constant equal to 0.457 [23].
The values of 1, 2 and 5 % decomposition level
were chosen to determine the activation energy for
degradation of the polypropylene and temperatures for
these conversions were red from Fig. 7. The activation
energy was determined directly by plotting the logarithm
of the heating rate versus 1000/T at constant conversion.
The plotted data produced straight lines with R2 values
higher than 0.93. From the slopes the activation energy
values were found and they are reported in Table 3. The
average activation energy was 64.8 kJ/mol.
Table 3
Activation energy for degradation of polypropylene and calcite
Mass loss, %
1
2
5
Polypropylene
R2 value
0.99
0.96
0.93
Ea, kJ/mol
64.8
66.4
63.4
Mass loss, %
91
92
93
Calcite
R2 value
0.98
0.99
0.99
Ea, kJ/mol
-89.5
-95.8
-95.6
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The activation energy for the decomposition of the
calcite in the film was determined in the same manner and
reported in Table 3. The average activation energy for the
decomposition of calcite was found as -93.7 kJ/mol.
3.7. Optical Properties
The unique luster of pearls depends upon the
reflection, refraction, and diffraction of light from the
translucent layers. The thinner and more numerous the
layers in the pearl, the finer the luster. The iridescence that
pearls display is caused by the overlapping of successive
layers, which breaks up light falling on the surface [24].
The film under study had polypropylene layers separated
by long and thin air pockets formed by orientation process
and calcite particles as seen from the electron micrograph
in Fig. 4. Thus it shows pearlescent behavior.
Polypropylene polymer can reflect only a very
small percentage of incoming light
(n − n )2
R= 1 2 2
(5)
(n1 + n2 )
In the above equation, n1 and n2 indicate the
reflection indices of polypropylene and air, respectively.
Reflection values were calculated considering Frensel’s
equation. Reflection index of polypropylene is 1.49 and
1.0 for air [25]. Then, reflection (R, %) was calculated as
3.87 %. However the film under study reflects 85 % of
light at 400 nm and 65 % at 700 nm as seen in its
reflection spectrum in Fig. 8. The thin layers and the air
gaps between them is the cause of this pearlescent effect.
a core layer with calcite. The film reflects light but it does
not transmit it. The transmission spectrum of the film in
Fig. 9 indicated that 0.36 % of incident light was
transmitted at 400 nm and 0.5 % was transmitted
at 700 nm.
Fig. 9. Transmission spectrum of the film in a visible region
The light was not transmitted from the film because
of the air holes in the film. When these holes were
removed by hot pressing the film, it became transparent as
seen in Fig. 10. The logo of our Institute covered by the
pressed film was visible, but when the logo was covered
by the pearlescent film it was not visible. The pearlescent
film was opaque and when the air holes were removed it
was transparent even if it contained 12 % of calcite. It was
the air gaps but not the calcite making the film opaque and
pearlescent.
а
Fig. 8. Reflection spectrum of the studied film
It was reported that the BOPP films were
transparent to light and the smoother surface they had, the
more transparent they were [26]. It followed that the
clearest films were obtained from sheets with the most
homogeneous texture, such as obtained by quenching
from the melt, and by orienting at the lowest temperature,
which minimized the amount of melting [26]. The film in
the present study was a sandwich type BOPP film having
b
Fig. 10. Paper surface without sample films (a) and covered with
sample films (b). Left side was covered with nearly 23 micron
pressed film. Right side was covered with 30 micron original
white BOPP film
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Fig. 11. Stress strain curve of the film in transverse direction
Fig. 12. Strain stress diagram of the film in machine direction
Table 4
Mechanical properties of the film in machine and transverse directions
Direction
Transverse
Machine
Stress, MPa
35.9 ± 11.62
97.2 ± 20.6
Strain, %
157.7 ± 31
37 ± 7.7
Young modulus, MPa/%
0.129 ± 0.065
2.93 ± 0.51
3.8. Mechanical Properties
4. Conclusions
The mechanical properties of BOPP in machine
and transverse direction are different. In Figs. 11 and 12
stress strain diagrams of the film in transverse and
machine directions are seen. The tensile strength in
transverse direction is lower and strain at break is higher
than those of machine direction as reported in Table 4:
tensile stress of 35.9 and 97.7 MPa, elongation at break of
157 and 37 % for transverse and machine directions were
observed, respectively. No yield point was observed in the
BOPP film with calcite. BOPP film without calcite was
characterized by Yuksekkalayci et al. [27] and it had the
yield point of 34.2 and 42.2 MPa machine and transverse
direction, respectively. The film without calcite had higher
values of tensile stress (151 and 270 MPa) [27] in
machine and transverse directions than the film with
calcite. However the elongation at break values (150 and
32 %) were closed to the values for the film with calcite.
The presence of pores lowers the tensile strength, however
the elongation values were closer. The modulus of
elasticity of the film under study also changed with
direction. It was lower (0.129 MPa/%) in transverse
direction than in machine direction (2.93 MPa/%).
However the film without calcite had much higher elastic
modulus values 2.8 to 5.9 GPa. Thus the calcite filled
BOPP film was much more flexible than the film without
calcite. This could be due to the porous structure of the
pearlescent film.
A pearlescent packing material supplied by BAK
Ambalaj Turkey was characterized for obtaining
information about its properties for its application fields
and its recycle in industry. The advanced characterization
techniques such as FTIR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction,
SEM, EDX, AFM, DSC, TG analysis, visible spectroscopy and tensile testing were used for this purpose. The
bulk film was polypropylene and it was biaxially oriented
as shown by FTIR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction
respectively. FTIR spectroscopy indicated the presence of
carbonate ions, the presence of Ca element was indicated
by the EDX analysis. X-ray diffraction showed the
presence of calcite and 11.2 % calcite was present in the
film as indicated by TG analysis. The 30 µm film
consisted of a core layer of polypropylene filled with
calcite and 4 µm thick upper and lower layers without any
filler were from different polymers. There were long air
cavities in the core layer with aspect ratios of 23 and 19 in
machine and transverse directions making the film
pearlescent. The surfaces of the film were very smooth
and had a surface roughness in the range of 3.052 and
11.261 nm as determined by AFM. The film melted at
436.6 K had 51 % crystallinity and 6.3 nm polymer
crystals for 10 K/min heating rate. The film thermally degraded in two steps. The first step was for the polymer
fraction and the second step was for decomposition of
calcite. For 10 K/min heating rate the onset of polypropylene degradation was 523 K and calcite decom-
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position was 943 K. The activation energies for
polypropylene degradation and calcite decomposition
were 64.8 and 93.7 kJ/mol. The film reflected but not
transmitted visible light. The tensile strength of the film in
machine and transverse directions were different and it
was 97.7 and 35.9 MPa, respectively.
Acknowledgments
The authors thanks to Bak Ambalaj Turkey for
providing the pearlescent films for this study.
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ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКА БІАКСІАЛЬНОЇ
БАГАТОШАРОВОЇ ПОЛІПРОПІЛЕНОВОЇ
ПЛІВКИ З ПЕРЛАМУТРОВИМ ЕФЕКТОМ
Анотація. Визначено морфологію, склад, оптичні, термальні та механічні властивості промислових перламутрових
багатошарових біаксіально орієнтованого поліпропіленових
(БОПП) плівок. Структура і орієнтація БОПП плівок були підтверджені ІК-Фур'є-спектроскопією, рентгенівською дифракцією та енергодисперсійною рентгенівською спектроскопією.
Шорсткість поверхні плівки визначали методом атомносилової мікроскопії (АСМ). Межа міцності на розрив плівок
була визначена в повздовжньому і поперечному напрямку.
Ключові слова: перламутрова плівка, біаксіально
орієнтований поліпропілен, рентгенівська дифракція, АСМ,
межа міцності на розрив.